mapping

English edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmæpɪŋ/
Hyphenation: map‧ping

Noun edit

mapping (countable and uncountable, plural mappings)

The process of making maps.
(biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
(computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
(mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
(object-oriented programming) conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.

Hyponyms edit

(computing): object-relational mapping

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

process of making maps

Chinese:
Mandarin: 製圖／制图 (zh) (zhìtú)
Finnish: kartoitus (fi)
French: cartographie (fr) f
Irish: mapáil f, léarscáiliú m, léarscáilíocht f
Macedonian: картографи́рање n (kartografíranje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kartlegging (no) m or f, kartografi (no) m
Portuguese: mapeamento m
Romanian: cartografiere (ro) f, cartografie (ro) f
Spanish: mapeo (es)

process of locating genes on a chromosome

Finnish: geenikartoitus
French: cartographie (fr) f

computing: assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network

French: mappage (fr)

function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set

Czech: zobrazení n (any function)
Dutch: afbeelding (nl) f
Finnish: kuvaus (fi)
French: application (fr) f
Icelandic: vörpun f, færsla f, myndun f, ummyndun f
Russian: отображение (ru) n (otobraženije)
Serbo-Croatian: preslikavanje n
Spanish: mapeo (es) m

object-oriented programming: conversion of data types between incompatible type systems

Chinese:
Mandarin: 映射 (zh) (yìngshè)

Verb edit

mapping

present participle and gerund of map

References edit

mapping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish edit

Noun edit

mapping m (plural mappings)

mapping

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